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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 1: This image from video shows NASA Mission Control shortly after contact was lost with the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003 in Houston, Texas. NASA Mission Control lost contact with Columbia during reentry on February 1, 2003 and later learned that the shuttle broke up over Texas during reentry. (Photo by NASA-TV/Getty Images)